my name is nick oliver aka ordeal. im 28 yrs old and have been a writer of all sorts since age 8, at 10 began penning political rhymes, and was in a rapcore band at 20, and recording hiphop at 17. i have 2 independently produced albums. beat on beat off jesus, and the bird shit optimist. its left of center hip hop in the vein of anticon and def jux, but i love all music hiphop makes up 1% of my collection. i have jus startd recording songs for my ep 1 shoe and five beats due out this spring, and id like to have the full length, goodnite and give up, out in the fall.